Fledermaus seating group by Josef Hoffmann by Wittmann Wien

Backhausen upholstery
Original design from 1905 by Josef Hoffman for Cafe Fledermaus
black lacquered beech wood

Architect-designer Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 in Prinitz, Moravia (now Brtnice, the Czech Republic). He studied architecture at the Senior State Commercial and Technical School in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic). After a year of practice in Würzburg, Germany, he moved to Vienna, the city where he would remain for the rest of his life. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts there, and, between 1892 and 1895, studied under both Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. From 1896 to 1897, he worked in Wagner’s Vienna studio. He also became one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists (including Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and others) who favored a modern, experimental approach to the arts. Hoffman’s contributions to several Secession exhibition installations, all influenced by the Art Nouveau-Jugendstil style, helped establish his name.

Designer: Hoffmann Josef
Producer: Wittmann Viedeň

Condition: very good quality, signs of usage

Located in the warehouse Hronská Breznica

 

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